Jalisco New Generation Cartel

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) was a Mexican drug cartel that was active in Jalisco, Mexico from 2009. The cartel was formed in the aftermath of the death of the drug lord Ignacio Coronel Villarreal in 2010, and Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes became the head of the new cartel. The cartel allied with the Tijuana Cartel, and it fought for control of the cities of Guadalajara and Jalisco and the states of Michoacan and Veracruz against the Knights Templar Cartel and Los Zetas. Joaquin Guzman Loera, boss of the Sinaloa Cartel, used the CJNG as his armed wing for his struggle against Los Zetas, and the group posed as a righteous and nationalistic group, comparing themselves to the Colombian narco-paramilitary gangs.